The eCoaching Continuum for Educators: Using Technology to Enrich Professional Development and Improve Student Outcomes, Sep/2019

In this book, eCoaching pioneer Marcia Rock draws on best-practice research and decades of experience to offer a blueprint for professional development that maximizes teacher and student growth. The eCoaching Continuum for Educators provides teachers, administrators, and other school professionals a step-by-step guide to the four connected, coordinated components of technology-enabled professional development: (1) studying theory and practice to build knowledge of specific content and pedagogy; (2) observing theory and practice to aid in the transfer of new knowledge to classroom practice; (3) one-on-one coaching to give teachers the feedback they need to improve classroom practice; and (4) group coaching to build capacity for identifying and solving problems of professional practice.

Rock offers a practical approach for putting professional development where it can do the most good—in the classroom. You’ll learn

1. Why technology is so well suited for authentic, job-embedded professional development
2. How to cultivate a culture in which the eCoaching continuum can have the greatest impact
3. Which technologies are the most useful for carrying out eCoaching in a variety of settings
4. How to capture and evaluate the impact of eCoaching on teachers and students

The eCoaching Continuum for Educators integrates best practice in coaching for professional development with a detailed account of how teachers and other school professionals can use today’s technologies to improve their practice and ensure their students are fully engaged and learning.

About the Author:

Marcia Rock, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG). Prior to joining the Spartan community, she was an associate professor at The University of Alabama (UA). Throughout her career, she has dedicated her research, teaching, and service endeavors to working with others in solving real-world problems of educational practice. She has authored or coauthored articles that have appeared in Educational Leadership, Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, Teacher Education and Special Education, Journal of Staff Development, Phi Delta Kappan, Exceptionality, Intervention in School & Clinic, Teaching Exceptional Children, Focus on Exceptional Children, Preventing School Failure, Education & Treatment of Children, The Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Journal of Behavioral Education, Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities Journal, and Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals. Rock is a past president for the Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). She has secured more than $2 million in federal personnel and leadership development grants. For the past 10 years, she has worked closely with state department personnel in North Carolina and Alabama to incorporate real-time coaching through a continuum into state improvement and state personnel development grants. Also, she has received a number of research and teaching awards at UA and UNCG. With collaboration and support from family and colleagues, Rock has devoted more than a decade to pioneering the research and development of real-time feedback and coaching on a continuum, personally conducting more than 800 sessions.